Taco Cabana calorie calculator: build an order under your cap
Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a Taco Cabana order from 87 single orders — 43 entrées, 10 sides and 34 breakfast items — using Taco Cabana's own published figures, rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest meal-sized main is the Potato a la Mexicana Breakfast Taco at 190 calories; the heaviest entrée, the Steak Fajita Quesadilla (Large), is 1,180. The most protein in a complete meal under 500 is 32 g.
Source: Taco Cabana nutrition guide (official), January 2025 edition · Data refreshed
- 87 single orders
- 190 cal lightest main
- 32g protein in a meal under 500
- 200–1,500 cal cap range
As of September 2026, 87 Taco Cabana single orders can go into a built order, and the most protein in a complete Taco Cabana meal under 500 calories is 32 g (A Chicken Fajita Taco, a regular side of Black Beans, and a water).
Build your Taco Cabana order
Pick a cap, choose what matters, then add, swap or remove items; the total, the macros and the words to say at the counter update as you go, and the link in the address bar carries your order.
Three complete Taco Cabana meals under 500 calories
Starting points for the builder — One meal-sized entrée, up to two different sides and a drink — the MinMax app's meal and the best under the cap, drink included (water only where no published drink fits; the lightest meal takes a zero-calorie drink, or water).
Most protein
- Chicken Fajita Taco210 cal · 18g
- Black Beans (Regular)240 cal · 14g
- Water0 cal
450 of 500 cal · 32 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A Chicken Fajita Taco, a regular side of Black Beans, and a water — 450 cal, 32 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Taco Cabana →Most filling
- Chicken Fajita Taco210 cal · 18g
- Black Beans (Regular)240 cal · 14g
- Water0 cal
450 of 500 cal · 32 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A Chicken Fajita Taco, a regular side of Black Beans, and a water — 450 cal, 32 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Taco Cabana →Lightest
- Carne Guisada Taco210 cal · 13g
- Water0 cal
210 of 500 cal · 13 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A Carne Guisada Taco and a water — 210 cal, 13 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Taco Cabana →The 20 lightest meal-sized mains at Taco Cabana
Meal-sized entrées and breakfast mains (at least 150 calories or 10 g protein), lightest first — the mains the builder builds on at a tight cap; sides and drinks are added in the builder. Every Taco Cabana item is in the full table on the Taco Cabana calories page and in /data/taco-cabana.json (each row carries its role and id).
| Item | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|
| Potato a la Mexicana Breakfast Taco | 190 | 4g |
| Country Sausage & Egg Breakfast Taco | 200 | 9g |
| Potato Ranchero Breakfast Taco | 200 | 4g |
| Carne Guisada Breakfast Taco | 210 | 14g |
| Carne Guisada Taco | 210 | 13g |
| Chicken Fajita Taco | 210 | 18g |
| Crispy Chicken Taco (Shredded) | 210 | 12g |
| Mixed Fajita Taco | 210 | 14g |
| Steak Fajita Taco | 210 | 11g |
| Steak Fajita Taco with Onions & Peppers | 210 | 11g |
| Black Bean Taco | 220 | 7g |
| Chicken Fajita Taco with Onions & Peppers | 220 | 18g |
| Potato & Egg Breakfast Taco | 220 | 8g |
| Crispy Beef Taco (Ground Beef) | 230 | 11g |
| Potato & Bacon Breakfast Taco | 230 | 6g |
| Bacon & Egg Breakfast Taco | 240 | 10g |
| Chicken Taco (Shredded) | 240 | 13g |
| Brisket Taco (BBQ Sauce) | 250 | 9g |
| Egg & Cheese Breakfast Taco | 250 | 11g |
| Steak & Egg Breakfast Taco | 250 | 14g |
Eat at Taco Cabana without blowing your cap
MinMax finds the best Taco Cabana meal under your calorie goal — at the location nearest you — and lets you swap items to hit your protein. Free on iPhone.
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